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Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2023

Introduced: May 18, 2023 Introduced by: Hirono, Mazie K. Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

May 18, 2023

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Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish grants to support sex education and sexual health services for young people (ages 10 through 29) and repeals requirements that apply to certain federally funded sex education programs.

HHS must award grants, in coordination with the Department of Education, to (1) provide sex education to young people; and (2) train education professionals to effectively teach, and otherwise support, sex education. Sex education refers to high quality teaching and learning that

follows, to the maximum extent practicable, specified educational standards;
covers a variety of topics concerning sex and sexuality;
explores values and beliefs about those topics; and
helps young people gain skills to navigate relationships and manage sexual health.

Additionally, HHS must award grants to youth-serving organizations and health care entities that are eligible to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices through the 340B drug discount program for providing sexual health services to marginalized youth.

Recipients of any of these grants must comply with certain nondiscrimination requirements. In addition, they may not use funds for sex education programs or sexual health services that provide incomplete or inaccurate medical information or fail to address specified issues.

The bill also eliminates prohibitions regarding the content of specified federally funded sexual health education and information programs and repeals the Abstinence Only Until Marriage program.

What's happening now May 18, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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